The characteristic appearance and movement of a patient with advanced Parkinson's Disease are the stooped and rigid posture, shuffling gait, tremor, and constant movement of the thumb and forefinger described as 'pill-rolling' More
A 'stroke' is a fairly innocuous term for what can be a terrifying medical emergency - perhaps the American use of 'brain attack' is more appropriate. More
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a slowly progressive disease of the central nervous system characterised by inflammation and demyelination of white matter in the brain and spinal cord. More
It can be argued that the pharmaceutical industry was brought into being by Friedrich Serturner's isolation of morphine, the main active ingredient of opium, at the beginning of the 19th century. More